Tips and resources for a Canadian small business to succeed online, covering all industries such as professional services, food and hospitality, creative arts, home improvement, retail and grocery etc. Find out how you can build and use your domain name, website and business email to create a secure and professional web presence.
Webnames.ca is committed to helping small business owners across Canada to overcome challenges with technical know-how, digital marketing and growth online through a series of insightful articles, tips and resources on this blog. At Webnames, we have over 20 years of expertise in enabling individuals and businesses make the leap online. Our in-house experts as well as hand-picked guest contributors have curated these resources to ensure that you get the best possible advice.
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Neil LimWordPress is arguably the most popular content management system available. With a vast array of available plugins and customization, it provides businesses and individuals with a wide variety of options to create a website. Unfortunately, the large number of WordPress plugins can also affect businesses and individuals creating a site. Some plugins looks and perform the…
Neil LimIt’s clear that social media is becoming an important resource for small businesses and Webnames.ca, is a proud sponsor of the 2nd Annual OMG Social Media Conference in Vancouver. Bringing together over 200 business owners and social media experts, the conference is a full day of learning, networking and discovering new opportunities in the realm…
David HallIf you are running any business, you need a website. According to The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (the registry for the .ca domain name), 8 out of 10 Canadians have internet access. If you depend solely on traditional mediums (yellow pages, newspaper, radio and television) to drive awareness of your company, you will miss out…
Neil LimThe new Canadian Anti-Spam Law (also known as CASL) comes into effect on July 1st, 2014 and has businesses scrambling to comply. Introducing a comprehensive set of rules and regulations, CASL will have an impact on every Canadian that sends and/or receives any form of commercial electronic messages (CEMs). To provide an overview of CASL…
By now, the .COM (dotCom) you wanted for your business has probably been taken. After months of conceptualizing and planning your new business, it turns out the last hurdle towards launching your business is finding the domain name you want. You’ve visualized it as a .COM – YourCoolNewBusiness.Com – but the domain name was registered…
Neil LimThe .PHOTOGRAPHY domain is here, along with a number of other new domains. If you already have an idea of what you’ll be using this domain for, that’s great; if not, here are some ways that this domain can be used. Create an online portfolio or gallery For photographers trying to get into the business,…
Neil LimKeeping up with the momentum built up in 2013, 20 new generic Top Level Domains (new gTLDs) launched in January. Each domain extension has entered their respective Sunrise Periods and the first January batch is expected to become available on March 19, 2014. 20 New Domain Extensions In case you missed previous announcements, the 20…
Neil LimWebnames.ca CEO and Co-Founder, Cybele Negris’ latest article on PROFITguide.com is now available. In this article, she talks about important tech backups and redundancies that every business needs to know. Last Friday, Gmail went down for an hour and this was long enough to generate a lot of social media noise. More than just an…
Neil LimThe new domain extensions, also known as new gTLDs, can be confusing with the different launch phases they have. From domain extensions to Sunrise, the different terms are technical and anyone can be easily confused by these. While the launch of these new domain extensions will present businesses with new branding opportunities, it will also…
It has been years in the making but the new domain extensions are finally here! The domains will be launching at a furious pace and will be released in batches. Domains like .CLOTHING, .BIKE and .VENTURES will be available next week while other new domain extensions like .BLOG, .APP and .WEB are being released soon! With…
Neil LimWebnames.ca President and Co-Founder Cybele Negris’ new article on is now available on Business in Vancouver. In this article, she talks about the different scams that attempt to steal your domain names – particularly branded domains – away from you. In this article, Cybele talks about ways to protect yourself from these types of scams.…
Neil LimSmall businesses play a critical role in the Canadian economy. In BC alone, over one million people are employed by small businesses and over 98 per cent of all Canadian businesses are classified as a small business. With such a vital role in Canada’s economy, BC Minister Naomi Yamamoto appointed George Farkas to lead the…
Neil LimA few weeks ago, we published a blog on how to determine if a website is a fake, fraud or a scam. The blog was informative, with great content and advice; and we felt that it deserved a follow up post. This follow up post comes from the perspective of a business, rather than the…
Neil LimWebnames.ca President and Co-Founder, Cybele Negris’ new article on Business in Vancouver is out and talks about some best practices to keep your mobile device secure. Mobile phones have become a significant part of our lives. Here are a few tips on how to reinforce the security of your mobile device: 1. Password or PIN…
Neil LimAs a sponsor of the 2013 BCIC-New Ventures competition, we would like to congratulate all the winners of this year’s competition. These companies Webnames.ca has been a sponsor for the competition for a number of years and as a member of the local technology community, supporting innovation and local start-up companies is very important to…
